> On Jul 2, 2023, at 3:25 AM, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal
> wrote:
>
> I tend to put continue statements at or near the top of the block, to
> summarily rule out some obvious irrelevant iterations without all sorts
> of if/then/else nesting. As a practical matter it's more readable and
> more
Santi via fpc-pascal said on Sat, 1 Jul 2023 10:22:48 +0200
>El 16/06/2023 a las 16:09, Mattias Gaertner via fpc-pascal escribió:
>> On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:51:42 +0700
>> Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal wrote:
>>
On Jun 16, 2023, at 6:23 PM, Thomas Kurz via fpc-pascal
wrote:
>> 20
El 16/06/2023 a las 16:09, Mattias Gaertner via fpc-pascal escribió:
On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:51:42 +0700
Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal wrote:
On Jun 16, 2023, at 6:23 PM, Thomas Kurz via fpc-pascal
wrote:
Whether it's elegant is a different question. In my opinion YES
because it often gives
On 6/21/23 10:54 AM, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal wrote:
wkitty42--- via fpc-pascal said on Wed, 21 Jun 2023 08:07:59 -0400
On 6/20/23 10:54 PM, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal wrote:
It was a long time ago, but if I remember correctly the
Whitesmith Pascal and Turbo Pascal 2 and 3 had either break or
wkitty42--- via fpc-pascal said on Wed, 21 Jun 2023 08:07:59 -0400
>On 6/20/23 10:54 PM, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal wrote:
>> It was a long time ago, but if I remember correctly the
>> Whitesmith Pascal and Turbo Pascal 2 and 3 had either break or
>> continue. If I remember correctly, I first
On 6/20/23 10:54 PM, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal wrote:
It was a long time ago, but if I remember correctly the
Whitesmith Pascal and Turbo Pascal 2 and 3 had either break or
continue. If I remember correctly, I first learned about those when
learning C.
i'm confused about your statement...
Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal said on Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:05:04 +0700
>> On Jun 20, 2023, at 1:10 PM, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal
>> wrote:
>>
>> I can still make a good argument for what my professors taught me,
>> but in the intervening years, I found break and especially continue
>> wonderful
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:05:04 +0700, Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal
declaimed
the following:
>
>Educators continuously have stupid ideas that don't work out as intended in
>the real world. I would love to see them make a real program that does
>something difficult and not use early breaks.
>
>I
Il 20/06/2023 09:05, Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal ha scritto:
Educators continuously have stupid ideas that don't work out as intended in the
real world. I would love to see them make a real program that does something
difficult and not use early breaks.
I assume them they forbid early exits
> On Jun 20, 2023, at 1:10 PM, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal
> wrote:
>
> I can still make a good argument for what my professors taught me, but
> in the intervening years, I found break and especially continue
> wonderful for increasing readability.
Educators continuously have stupid ideas
Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal said on Sun, 18 Jun 2023 08:04:23 +0700
>> On Jun 18, 2023, at 1:07 AM, tsie...@softcon.com wrote:
>>
>> This is interesting, because it's the first time I've ever seen
>> "break" as a valid command in pascal, and I've been using pascal
>> since the mid/late 80s. All
Am 18.06.2023 um 19:28 schrieb Travis Siegel via fpc-pascal:
On 6/18/2023 1:04 AM, Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal wrote:
I don't remember break NOT being in Pascal. How did you exit a loop
otherwise, goto? Break is common in basically all languages now.
Can't think of a language I've used
On 6/18/2023 6:53 AM, Bernd Oppolzer via fpc-pascal wrote:
The compiler is a self-hosting compiler (like most Pascal compilers, I
believe) and up to 2011
there were many exits from loops bye putting a label after the loop
and using GOTO
(because of the absence of BREAK). Similar use of GOTO
On 6/18/2023 1:04 AM, Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal wrote:
I don't remember break NOT being in Pascal. How did you exit a loop
otherwise, goto? Break is common in basically all languages now. Can't
think of a language I've used without it.
Use a variable, set the variable when you hit an exit
On 6/17/23 2:07 PM, Travis Siegel via fpc-pascal wrote:
This is interesting, because it's the first time I've ever seen "break" as a
valid command in pascal, and I've been using pascal since the mid/late 80s. All
kinds of dialects too, and I've never seen break as a keyword. C, Python, Perl,
Am 18.06.2023 um 03:04 schrieb Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal:
On Jun 18, 2023, at 1:07 AM, tsie...@softcon.com wrote:
This is interesting, because it's the first time I've ever seen "break" as a
valid command in pascal, and I've been using pascal since the mid/late 80s. All kinds of
On 2023-06-18 03:04, Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal wrote:
On Jun 18, 2023, at 1:07 AM, tsie...@softcon.com wrote:
This is interesting, because it's the first time I've ever seen
"break" as a valid command in pascal, and I've been using pascal since
the mid/late 80s. All kinds of dialects too,
> On Jun 18, 2023, at 1:07 AM, tsie...@softcon.com wrote:
>
> This is interesting, because it's the first time I've ever seen "break" as a
> valid command in pascal, and I've been using pascal since the mid/late 80s.
> All kinds of dialects too, and I've never seen break as a keyword. C,
On 17/06/2023 19:07, Travis Siegel via fpc-pascal wrote:
This is interesting, because it's the first time I've ever seen "break"
as a valid command in pascal, and I've been using pascal since the
mid/late 80s. All kinds of dialects too, and I've never seen break as a
keyword. C, Python,
On 17 June 2023 20:45:49 +0200, Jean SUZINEAU via fpc-pascal
wrote:
>Le 17/06/2023 à 20:07, Travis Siegel via fpc-pascal a écrit :
>> Is this a relatively new addition to fpc or something?
>
>I 've just found it in my Delphi 7 code (and code very likely written for
>Delphi 4), so I think it's
Le 17/06/2023 à 20:07, Travis Siegel via fpc-pascal a écrit :
Is this a relatively new addition to fpc or something?
I 've just found it in my Delphi 7 code (and code very likely written
for Delphi 4), so I think it's there since at least 2000-2001 ...
May be it appeared with Delphi 1 ?
This is interesting, because it's the first time I've ever seen "break"
as a valid command in pascal, and I've been using pascal since the
mid/late 80s. All kinds of dialects too, and I've never seen break as a
keyword. C, Python, Perl, sure, even shell scripts, but pascal? Never
seen it
On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:51:42 +0700
Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal wrote:
> > On Jun 16, 2023, at 6:23 PM, Thomas Kurz via fpc-pascal
> > wrote:
> >
> > Whether it's elegant is a different question. In my opinion YES
> > because it often gives better readable code than nested "if"
> > statements
> On Jun 16, 2023, at 6:23 PM, Thomas Kurz via fpc-pascal
> wrote:
>
> Whether it's elegant is a different question. In my opinion YES because it
> often gives better readable code than nested "if" statements inside the loop.
> But I've also read that using "break" is discouraged because
I'm certainly not the expert in FPC's details, so maybe there'll you'll get a
better answer. I just tell you my point of view.
>> It's an array with a terminator
>>string? Probably the length of the array should be set instead of
>>doing string compares every loop.
>
> I need to set it in the
Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal said on Fri, 16 Jun 2023 09:57:36 +0700
>> On Jun 16, 2023, at 6:07 AM, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal
>> wrote:
>>
>> Is http://sprunge.us/MOJIg4 a legitimate use of a for loop with
>> break? I know there are better ways to do it, but I'm just wondering
>> whether it's
> On Jun 16, 2023, at 6:07 AM, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal
> wrote:
>
> Is http://sprunge.us/MOJIg4 a legitimate use of a for loop with break? I
> know there are better ways to do it, but I'm just wondering whether
> it's legitimate.
What are you trying to do exactly? It's an array with a
Is http://sprunge.us/MOJIg4 a legitimate use of a for loop with break? I
know there are better ways to do it, but I'm just wondering whether
it's legitimate.
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